Easy Ghanaian Doughnut Food

EASY GHANAIAN DOUGHNUT RECIPE

Steps:

• Put flour in a bowl
• Add the allspice, salt, and sugar and sift
• Add dry yeast and mix thoroughly( if using fresh yeast just add to the flour)
• Add the milk to the flour mixture
• Mix together using a mixer with hook attachment until dough is formed.
• Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover. Let it rest for 1 hour or until the doubles in size.
• After 1 hour, push out all air and leave to rise a second time for 30 minutes
• Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok
• Form dough into desired small balls and fry
• Turn the donuts frequently to have a uniform color on all sides
• Serve as is, or coat in sugar, cinnamon sugar or fill with jam dusted with icing sugar.

MANDAZI (AFRICAN DONUTS)

Steps:

• Combine milk, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, sugar, egg, instant yeast, salt, and cardamom in a large bowl. Mix in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough comes together and is easily handled. Knead dough on a flat work surface until no longer sticky.
• Put dough back in the bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm area until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Press dough down gently. Knead it briefly and divide it into 4 portions. Roll each portion into a ball; keep covered with a cloth to prevent them from drying out.
• Roll 1 ball into a 1/3-inch-thick circle on a floured work surface. Cut into 4 triangles using a pizza cutter. Repeat with remaining balls of dough, keeping other dough covered.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan over medium heat. Fry dough triangles 3 or 4 at a time, without overcrowding, until puffed like balloons, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn and continue frying until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes more. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining dough.

QUICK AND EASY DOUGHNUTS...

Steps:

• In a bowl beat egg,sugar,vanilla and shortening with the help of an electric beater.If u donot have an electric beater then u may use a whisk or spoon.
• Now in another bowl take flour and add baking powder,salt,Powder milk.Mix well with the help of ur hands.
• Add the egg mixture in flour.Knead with the help of ur hands.
• U will not be able to make a dough, so for kneading dough add a bit of warm water.Keep on adding warm water until u get a dough.The dough should not be very soft or very hard.
• Make 4-6 small balls out of this dough.
• Take a ball on ur palm, flatten it a bit , insert ur fingure in the middle and rotate it.Mke a hole in the middle not so big , not so small.
• Heat oil, and when oil is heated well then fry the Dough nuts (Not all at a time).Fry two or one dough nuts at one time.Be careful about the flame of ur stove it should not be so large.The flame should be medium while frying.
• When the Dough nuts will become brown in colour, Take in a serving dish and sprinkle some icing sugar on it.Donot spread so much icing sugar that they become white.Just sprinkle a pinch of icing sugar on each doughnut.
• ENJOY the quick and easy Doughnuts at evening or when u think of eating something really delicious.
• u may cut with doughnut cutter also.
• u may also add ur favourite toppings like chocolate.